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Re: First time SF experience !

Elgin Freeman wrote:
>
> Whoa.......!
>
> Growing like crazy and everything taking over everything.  Southern Zone 8
>
> Got the book.....followed the instructions.....so far just amused.....my
> beds really look really really crowded.  They are 4' x 12' .  The only
> plants that look reasonable are the Swiss Chard, Spinach, B peppers.
>
> The tomatoes (1 per sft) are just a solid mass that your hand can barely
> pass through.   Yesterday while futilely searching for suckers I thought
> maybe I should have been looking in a mirror instead.  The two egg plants
> (1 per sft) are being enveloped by the bush beans and at the other end the
> squash & zucchini well let's just say they're in charge of that end and I'm
> not going over there!
>
> One positive though from a short distance my garden sure is pretty.
>
> Next year and later this year I'll be a little more selective in my seed
> choices to say the least.  Another positive weeds are easy to
> manage....hell they're scared to death of the squash and tomatoes.
>
> Having fun with it......but sure glad the super market is still open.
>

        Actually, this sounds GOOD! Once you get used to it you may look back
with envy on the days when you couldn't see the soil in your beds. OK,
maybe your tomatoes are a little over the edge....
        Stick with this list and any SqFT'ers you can find to learn which
things to grow next to each other so that they don't bother each other
too much (my beets were completly covered by my Bush cucumbers, I had to
put in a fence!) and get those suckers early!
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